Enthone (Langenfeld, Germany) has appointed Brigitte Hervieux to the position of industry manager, design – Europe.

Enthone says its coatings are formulated to add value to a variety of metals, plastics and other substrates by improving changing performance characteristics, extending product life and lowering production costs.

Enthone has launched a German version of its website, enthone.de, with an emphasis on industries, markets and applications, including automotive, plumbing fixtures and fittings, oil and gas, printed circuit boards, and more.

Enthone Inc. has promoted Jason Maupin to vice president, Americas.

Enthone is pleased to announce the recent launch of the new enthone.cn.

Enthone Inc. is building a manufacturing and advanced technology center in Fengxian, P.R. China, that will consist of a raw material and finished goods warehouse, a manufacturing building and a technology center on more than 10 acres.

Enthone’s Cuprostar NC alkaline is a cyanide-free bright copper process designed to be a cost-effective and environmentally sound alternative to traditional cyanide-containing processes.

Thomas Ahrens has been appointed regional vice president of Enthone Europe.

Enthone has appointed Emmanuel Colchen as regional business vice president, West Europe, in addition to his current position as general manager of Enthone France.

Enthone Inc. and TrueLogic Co. have formed a partnership to market the enGage total process monitoring software it co-developed for plating operations.

Enthone has appointed Lammert de Boer as regional business vice president, Central and East Europe.

Rick Reagan has been appointed president of Enthone Inc. and will report directly to Steven Corbett, CEO of Cookson Performance Materials, which includes both Enthone and the Alpha electronic assembly and advanced materials business.

Enthone has redesigned its website (enthone.com) to include an emphasis on industries, markets and applications, including automotive, plumbing fixtures and fittings, oil and gas, printed circuit boards, and more.

Enthone will demonstrate how its enGage software enables total process monitoring of plating operations so users can maintain high-level consistency and efficiency, and best practices.

The ZnBrite ABZ-470 alkaline non-cyanide zinc plating system from A Brite Co. is designed to provide deposits that are mirror-bright, uniform, lustrous, blister-free, ductile and super-fine-grained.

A Brite will continue to do business with its name and as an Enthone distributor.

Enthone Inc. has acquired select intellectual property and other assets of A Brite Co., headquartered in Garland, Texas. A Brite will continue to do business as A Brite and as an Enthone distributor.

Enthone Inc., has acquired select intellectual property and other assets of A Brite Company headquartered in Garland, Texas. A Brite will continue to do business as A Brite, and as an Enthone distributor. Enthone says the asset acquisition and synergism strengthens Enthone’s and A Brite Company’s global technology portfolios, while substantially expanding both companies’ market presence throughout the southern United States and Mexico.

Enthone has appointed Denise Fucci manager of e-Marketing Communications with primary responsibility for developing, optimizing and managing of the company’s website content, search engine marketing and online activities.

With an estimated 2,300 plating job shops in the U.S. and an additional 5,000– 7,000 captive shops and overhaul facilities performing plating and finishing operations, it is not surprising that there is a need for a variety of specialized stripping processes capable of removing metallic coatings.

Enthone has appointed Richard Lynch industry manager for its Automotive Functional Systems – Americas.

Enthone has licensed an immersion tin patent to Atotech Deutschland GmbH that enables metals, such as silver, to be incorporated into the tin process solution.

Designed for plating on metal substrates, Enthone’s Elpelyt GS-7 bright nickel process reduces the number of buffing and polishing steps, and decreases nickel metal consumption.

Schneiders' significant contributions helped to transform Enthone from a U.S. chemical supplier to the international organization it is today.

Enthone Inc.’s PFOS-free wetting agents/fume suppressants (WAFS) for decorative and hard chrome applications are designed to be environmentally sound, high-performance solutions that address pending U.S. EPA rules on the use of perfluorinated octane sulfonate (PFOS) fume suppressants for plating processes.

Perma Pass 3300 from Enthone is a post treatment system for zinc and zinc alloy processes.

Enthone will display its family of PFOS-free wetting agents/fume suppressants (WAFS) for decorative and hard chrome applications.

Hutchinson is responsible for on-site customer training and the installation of Enthone processes.

The A2LA accreditation makes Enthone’s ASCL one of an elite group of laboratories in North America to have earned such a designation.

Josh Erd has been appointed to the position of account manager, U.S. Western Region by Enthone Inc.

Stephen Leonetti has been appointed Industry Manager - Americas, Energy and Hydraulic Systems by Enthone Inc., a business of Cookson Electronics.

Manufacturing from cast materials is a cost-effective method to form complex shaped components.

Software helps automate plating process control, documentation

Catalytic inks will now be available from Enthone through a licensing agreement with TECSEN SA of Brussels, Belgium.

ENTHOBRITE CLZ-970 bright acid zinc plating process provides the high productivity of a water-soluble process while maintaining superior distribution and deposit properties at any chloride level.

Enthone will exhibit its ENTHOBRITE CLZ-970 bright acid zinc process, which it says provides the high productivity of a water-soluble process while maintaining superior distribution and deposit properties at any chloride level, resulting in a substantial increase in productivity and a dramatic decrease in zinc plating costs.

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ENPLATER electroless nickel coatings offer a combination of corrosion protection and wear resistance.

Galnik updates its facilities with automated equipment in response to market needs…

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